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I think that this article is fantastic. It highlights what is wrong with all the political correctness going on. To an extent, it is necessary. People shouldn't
by wmichelin 11y ago
I think that this article is fantastic. It highlights what is wrong with all the political correctness going on. To an extent, it is necessary. People shouldn't be made to feel bad about race, gender, or sexuality, but once you start to coddle them, you aren't helping them grow as individuals. People in the real world will treat you like crap, no matter what.
- coldpie 11y ago> People in the real world will treat you like crap, no matter what. Why should we accept this?
- jonlucc 11y agoWe shouldn't and don't. In fact, if someone is making you feel unsafe at work (especially if it's because of your gender, race, etc), HR has a responsibility to address it.
- stefantalpalaru 11y ago> HR has a responsibility to address it HR has the responsibility to protect the firm from legal dangers, so don't be surprised if their solution involves the plaintiff being fired.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> HR has the responsibility to protect the firm from legal dangers, so don't be surprised if their solution involves the plaintiff being fired. Retaliation in response to a complaint exacerbates, rather than mitigates, the legal danger to the firm.
- rewqfdsa 11y agoPlease define "unsafe" --- because I feel plenty unsafe as work due to my race and gender, and I feel that going to HR would only exacerbate this risk. If I may be so bold, I don't think, however, you would consider the danger I feel, the eggshells I have to walk on, real problems. I feel like only members of certain groups get to use the "unsafe" card, and as a proponent of equal treatment and fair rules, this feeling bothers me.
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- laotzu 11y agoSincere question: why should you not accept it? >Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him. -Epictetus To answer your question, we should accept it because that is the way reality is fundamentally. Go ahead and try to eternally fight to erase all darkness so that there is only light. Spoiler alert: it's impossible. If there were no darkness there would be no such thing as light because light implies the presence of darkness and darkness implies light.
- coldpie 11y agoI sincerely believe our society would be improved if people could live how they want, provided they harm no one else. While I agree it's a lofty goal, I don't think we have to voluntarily shackle ourselves to a life of hard knocks. > Go ahead and try to eternally fight to erase all darkness so that there is only light. I will, thanks! Why do you think people try to impede me?
- laotzu 11y ago>I sincerely believe our society would be improved if people could live how they want, provided they harm no one else. That may be but an insult is not harmful unless you accept it personally. When you accept an insult you are the one hurting yourself.